Fairy Tale Wishes

I wish to live in a fairy book,
In the land of laughter, and magic, too!
Where people can change their skins at will
And make from a stone a marvelous stew.

I’d play croquet with the Queen of Hearts,
Make like the spoon, run away with the fork.
I’d swap riddles with Gollum, find a ring,
Ride a dragon, battle an Orc.

I’d fly to Neverland over the sea,
Watch a tortoise outrun a hare.
I’d see the emperor walk through the streets,
Blissfully foolish, his body quite bare.

I’d duel to the death with a. six-fingered man.
I’d watch a lamppost grow like a tree.
I’d ride on a ship to the end of the world.
I’d set a little house elf free.

But now I must live in the world of mundane.
Alas! that that wonderful wish is not true,
For only in ink can a spell be performed,
And only in ink can a heart be made new.